Non-skidding cover for tires.



No. 807,611. PATENTED DEO.19,1905.

E. FAIRBURN.

NON-SKIDDING COVER FOR TIRES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 24, 1905.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 19, 1905.

Application filed July 24, 1905. Serial No. 271,086.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD FAIRBURN, belting manufacturer, a subject ofthe King of Great Britain, residing at Brighouse, in the county of York,England, (whose postal address is Calder Vale Mills, Brighouse, in theaforesaidcounty of York,) have invented certain new and usefulImprovements Entitled An Improved Non-Skidding Cover for theI/Vheel-Tires of Motor-Cars, M otor-Cycles, and the Like, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a non-skidding cover for thewheel-tires of motor-cars, motor-cycles, and the like, cheap, durable,easily attached or detached, which will prevent side slip and serve as aprotection against puncture. 2

This invention consists of a number of strips of leather and links ofmetal suitably arranged and held together about the tread of thewheeltire by pins or the like and rigidly secured to said tire or rim inany suitable or desirable manner.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a section of my improved cover withoutthe attaching means. Fig. 2 is a plan view of a section of leather stripemployed in the construction of my non-skidding cover for wheel-tires.Figs. 3 and 4 are elevation and plan of metal links employed in theconstruction of said cover. Egg. 5 is a plan of the tread of my improvednon-skidding cover, showing the arrangement of the leather strips andmetal links forming same. Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation of part of anordinary motor-car wheel-tire with my improved cover applied. Fig. 7 isa sectional elevation showing my improved nonskidding cover applied to awell-worn tire or a tire without the thickened rubber tread. Fig. 8shows a transverse section of my improved non-skidding cover forwheel-tires of motor-cars, motor-cycles, and the like detached.

I construct my improved cover preferably of a number of strips or piecesof leather A of a suitable size and section or shape. The strips extendor are of a length equal to the circumference of the wheel-tire B andare employed in conjunction with a number of metal links 0, preferablyof steel. These strips of leather A and links of metal C are providedwith suitable holes D and when arranged in position are secured togetherand made endless by passing through the said holes suitable transversepins or studs E, with washers and rivet-heads F formed at each end topermanently hold them in position. The leather strips A have notches G asuitable distance apart, preferably equal to the length of the metallinks, whose beveled upper corners (when the links are in position) formfurther notches or recesses H. The notches or recesses formed by theends of the metal links and in the leather strips are placed oppositethe straight part or body of the adjacent strips or links, so that thelines of notches or recesses run obliquely across the face or tread ofthe aforesaid cover. metal links are slightly less in depth than theleather strips on account of the greater liability to compression of thelatter.

In order to prevent foreign or injurious materials from working throughthe interstices of the links and strips and puncturing or otherwiseinjuring the tire B, I employ (see Figs. 6, 7, and 8) a leather or thelike covering or shield J, with turned-up edges or sides K,corresponding with and secured in like manner to the strips A aforesaid.This covering or shield J buffers between the tread of the ordinary tireand the bottom of the non-skidding cover and serves as areceptacle forreceiving the grit or other injurious matter which may have filtered orworked through and prevents the same from coming in contact with thetire. The attaching flaps or wings L for securing the cover to thewheel-tire B are also mounted or secured to the cover by the pins E, andtheir upper edges, as well as the upper edges of the turned-up sides Kof the buffer-shield J, are notched and serve the same purpose as theleather strips A aforesaid. The covering or shield J and flaps L arepreferably of less thickness than the leather strips A, the flaps inparticular tapering in thickness to their outer extremity and may becemented onto the ordinary tire and the two secured to the rim byinflation in the usual manner.

Any number of leather or the like strips A and metal links C may be usedaccording to the size of the wheel-tire, and in place of the leatherstrips leather links may be employed, or a combination of the two, andthe arrangement and proportion of leather or the like, strips or links,and metal links may be varied as found necessary or desirable.

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The notches and recesses in the tread of the cover add greatly to thegripping and nonskidding properties of same, while the hard metal linksin conducing to this effect serve to stiffen the structure and improveits stability and durability.

Should the cover stretch with use, it may be easily and quicklyshortened to the desired length by the removal of one of the pins E,shortening of the strips and the taking out of a row of links, thereplacing 0f the pin conipleting the operation.

For motor-cycles a lighter type of cover may be employed mounted andsecured as before described, or instead of securing the cover to thetire as before described straps and buckles attached to each side ofcover may be employed, if desired, or any other means of attachment maybe employed, and any suitable metal material or substance employed inthe manufacture of the aforesaid cover.

This invention is especially serviceable on application to Worn-outtires, as apart from the advantages derived from the use of the saidcover it saves the cost of rubbering or renewing of the outer cover orenvelop. Further, in using this non-skidding cover a great saving inrubber is effected, as the thickened rubber tread common to wheel-tiresmay be dispensed with and the outer cover made of one uniform thickness.(See Fig. 7.)

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In atire-armor, the combination, with a channel-shaped ring ofleather, of a series of leather rings, a series of rings formed ofmetallic links, both series of rings being ar ranged in the saidchannel-shaped ring, and pins pivoting the said links together andpassing through the said leather rings and the flanges of the saidchannel-shaped ring.

2. In a tire-armor, the combination, witha series of leather ringsarranged in pairs, of rings formed of metallic linksand arranged betweeneach pair of the leather rings, and pins pivoting the said linkstogether and passing through the said leather rings.

3. In a tire-armor, the combination, with a series of leather ringsprovided with notches in their peripheries, of rings formed of metalliclinks and arranged between the said leather rings with the spacesbetween the links in line with each other and out of line with the saidnotches, and pins pivoting the said links together and passing throughthe said leather rings.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiiX my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

EDW. FAIRBURN.

